Cindy Davis
@gardensdigdeep.bsky.social
Herbalist. Garden Educator. Community Care Advocate. UCCE Master Gardener. Chip in: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/cadman-cooking-and-garden-education/items?cart
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish
**Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...
www.atomicpolish.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
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The UFW (United Farm Workers) seeks an Internal Organizing Coordinator (bilingual required) to be based in Santa Rosa, CA. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @ufw.bsky.social @ufwfoundation.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The UFW (United Farm Workers) seeks an Internal Organizing Coordinator (bilingual required) to be based in Santa Rosa, CA. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @ufw.bsky.social @ufwfoundation.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Time for a winter harvest in the school garden. Kids were so excited to observe the growth since returning from break. Magical days, tasting, harvesting, weighing, celebrating growing good stuff 🌱
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Time for a winter harvest in the school garden. Kids were so excited to observe the growth since returning from break. Magical days, tasting, harvesting, weighing, celebrating growing good stuff 🌱
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Ah, the wisdom of Wendell Berry...
I saved this a year ago - it popped up while looking for photos to illustrate a post about our work at Earthed Up (coming soon) & anyway, just YES, YES & for goodness' sake YES.
🌱 #permaculture #localfood
🌱 #permaculture #localfood
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Ah, the wisdom of Wendell Berry...
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This regime continues its war against our public lands. Their budget proposal for 2026 calls for a BILLION DOLLAR CUT to the National Park Service.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Yosemite National Park employees' pay to drop by as much as $4 per hour
Trump administration policies are upending Yosemite employees' careers and wages.
www.sfgate.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This regime continues its war against our public lands. Their budget proposal for 2026 calls for a BILLION DOLLAR CUT to the National Park Service.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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📦 USPS announces it is moving forward with a reverse auction for access to its package delivery network, confirming a key aspect of my scoop.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📦 USPS announces it is moving forward with a reverse auction for access to its package delivery network, confirming a key aspect of my scoop.
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A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.
www.idiv.de
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
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Are y'all paying attention???
we are in a big fight here in Sac over a plan to clear 3500 old blue oaks for a solar project (on Miwok ancestral land). it’s disgusting. fuck greenwashing.
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Are y'all paying attention???
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"Abraham Lincoln and 600,000 white men died to end slavery!"
False....
We freed ourselves
False....
We freed ourselves
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Abraham Lincoln and 600,000 white men died to end slavery!"
False....
We freed ourselves
False....
We freed ourselves
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"Today, what drives people to garden may not be the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact, hope for nature’s resilience and a longing to engage in work that is real."
#soil #soilscience
#soil #soilscience
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
In times of upheaval, Americans have always turned to the soil. From victory gardens to modern plots, gardening reveals a deep desire for connection, purpose, and a touch of something real when the wo...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Today, what drives people to garden may not be the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact, hope for nature’s resilience and a longing to engage in work that is real."
#soil #soilscience
#soil #soilscience
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“We have this whole farm policy system that is built on overproduction of just a few crops. That system that depends so much on exports is really fragile... It has very little resilience built in.”
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
Farmers Struggle With Tariffs, Despite China Deal to Buy US Soybeans
While the Supreme Court considers the legality of Trump’s tariffs, the economy in farm country is faltering.
civileats.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
“We have this whole farm policy system that is built on overproduction of just a few crops. That system that depends so much on exports is really fragile... It has very little resilience built in.”
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
civileats.com/2025/11/04/f...
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At Wasted Food Summit, Chef Alejandra Schrader shares creative cooking tips to reduce waste.
Try C.O.R.N. - Clean Out the Refrigerator Night. Make muffins with black beans and used coffee ground.
Reducing food waste can be a fun way to reduce environmental impact and improve sustainability. 🌎
Try C.O.R.N. - Clean Out the Refrigerator Night. Make muffins with black beans and used coffee ground.
Reducing food waste can be a fun way to reduce environmental impact and improve sustainability. 🌎
October 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At Wasted Food Summit, Chef Alejandra Schrader shares creative cooking tips to reduce waste.
Try C.O.R.N. - Clean Out the Refrigerator Night. Make muffins with black beans and used coffee ground.
Reducing food waste can be a fun way to reduce environmental impact and improve sustainability. 🌎
Try C.O.R.N. - Clean Out the Refrigerator Night. Make muffins with black beans and used coffee ground.
Reducing food waste can be a fun way to reduce environmental impact and improve sustainability. 🌎
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Lots of lovely folks want to cook for neighbors, fill community fridges during SNAP shutdown but are intimidated. A mutual aid group in Flatbush, Brooklyn has been feeding 80+ people every single week for a year and a half or so now. Nobody is born knowing how to cook for 80, so here's our guide!
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Lots of lovely folks want to cook for neighbors, fill community fridges during SNAP shutdown but are intimidated. A mutual aid group in Flatbush, Brooklyn has been feeding 80+ people every single week for a year and a half or so now. Nobody is born knowing how to cook for 80, so here's our guide!
The Fall food garden is cruising along, seeds are sprouting and brassicas soaking up the sunshine. Teaching kids how to grow food is fun 🌱
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Fall food garden is cruising along, seeds are sprouting and brassicas soaking up the sunshine. Teaching kids how to grow food is fun 🌱
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Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 15, 2025
Tangerine furry-legs moth
Acraga moorei
Lepidoptera: Dalceridae
By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Tangerine furry-legs moth
Acraga moorei
Lepidoptera: Dalceridae
By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA
#arthropodPOTW
October 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 15, 2025
Tangerine furry-legs moth
Acraga moorei
Lepidoptera: Dalceridae
By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA
#arthropodPOTW
Tangerine furry-legs moth
Acraga moorei
Lepidoptera: Dalceridae
By Tom Myers, Kentucky, USA
#arthropodPOTW
The school garden edibles are mostly in the ground, seedling, seeds, and garlic bulbs are nestled in and labeled. The students worked so hard and had so much fun planting these last two weeks 🌱
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The school garden edibles are mostly in the ground, seedling, seeds, and garlic bulbs are nestled in and labeled. The students worked so hard and had so much fun planting these last two weeks 🌱
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In her new book, "Reaping What She Sows," author @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social documents the women who are working outside the industrial food system and creating short supply chains that consider factors other than profit.
Meet the Women of the ‘Alt Food System’
In ‘Reaping What She Sows,’ author Nancy Matsumoto documents the women designing food systems that benefit communities and the environment.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In her new book, "Reaping What She Sows," author @nancymatsumoto.bsky.social documents the women who are working outside the industrial food system and creating short supply chains that consider factors other than profit.
Spotted this California Mantis in a tomatillo at a Growing Garden Educators conference hosted by UC Master Gardeners. Happy to see them hanging out! 🌱
October 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Spotted this California Mantis in a tomatillo at a Growing Garden Educators conference hosted by UC Master Gardeners. Happy to see them hanging out! 🌱
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❄️ A glacier-free Sierra Nevada is unprecedented
New evidence shows that glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada disappearance would be the first in recorded geological time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
New evidence shows that glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada disappearance would be the first in recorded geological time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
Glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada are likely disappearing for the first time in the Holocene
The projected loss of glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada is likely unprecedented in at least the past 30,000 years.
doi.org
October 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
❄️ A glacier-free Sierra Nevada is unprecedented
New evidence shows that glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada disappearance would be the first in recorded geological time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
New evidence shows that glaciers in California’s Sierra Nevada disappearance would be the first in recorded geological time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪
🌱 Some days school gardening is the glamour of troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing irrigation in between school drop off, birthday cake baking, meetings, dog walks, laundry, and school pick up. Worth it because hand watering 20 garden beds is not for me!
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🌱 Some days school gardening is the glamour of troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing irrigation in between school drop off, birthday cake baking, meetings, dog walks, laundry, and school pick up. Worth it because hand watering 20 garden beds is not for me!